Event Location

Marriott Kansas City Downtown

Getting there

About the Organizer

Focusing on the Business of Animal Health, Today’s Veterinary Business is the first addition to the NAVC Media family of publications to focus on the business side of the animal health practice. With a dedication to leadership, innovation and success, Today’s Veterinary Business provides content that will inspire veterinary practice teams to elevate overall practice performance.

Event Speakers

Kurt Green

President & CEO - Vetsource

Kurt serves as President and CEO of Vetsource. Kurt joined the company in 2007 when Sequoyah Technologies, a company he founded in 1999, merged with Vetsource pre-revenue. Prior to founding Sequoyah Technologies, Kurt served as CEO of Cimcase International, as well as holding several management positions with Fortune 100 firms within the information technology industry.

Daren Garcia

Partner at Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

Daren is the managing partner of the Vorys Pittsburgh office. His practice is focused on the areas of complex litigation, product diversion and online seller enforcement. Extensive lead trial counsel experience in commercial, employment, intellectual property and injury matters, including class and collective actions. His online seller enforcement practice involves the global implementation of cutting-edge enforcement systems and strategies designed to protect brand value in the digital world.

David Sprinkle

Research Director at Packaged Facts & MarketResearch.com

Sprinkle is the research director for Packaged Facts, which publishes syndicated research on U.S. consumer markets, including industry-leading reports on the pet industry. He manages Packaged Facts’ consumer survey and webinar programs, contributes a monthly consumer insights column to Petfood Industry and provides articles or interviews to pet industry media.

Chuck Lantham

CEO & Owner - Chuck Lantham & Associates

In 1984 Chuck founded CLA to continue his veterinary and pet passion , and currently holds the position of CEO & Owner. CLA has 1000 plus employees focused on selling and marketing pet products across the US. In 2014 CLA started H&C Animal Health to work with veterinary pharmaceutical companies in an effort
to bring their product to the OTC market. Recently CLA also founded Cactus Compliance to help companies manage their MAP compliance .

Andrew Dusing

Equity Markets Research Associate at Cleveland Research Company

Cleveland Research is an independent research firm founded in 2006 consisting of 15 research teams, 85 employees across 50 key channels. CRC has a reputation for exceptional marketplace intelligence across healthcare, retail, foodservice, industrial, and technology sectors. Andrew and his team focus on healthcare trends specializing in animal health, dental, pharma, and orthopedics.

Cal Lai

Chairman & CEO of Vet24seven

Cal Lai is a serial entrepreneur with experience in building and operating marketing, advertising and e-commerce businesses. He is a recognized expert in technology and internet marketing, and is founder and CEO of three marketing focused technology companies with total market capitalization of approximately $200M at their peaks. Cal has an uncanny ability to spot shifts in technology and communication, creating companies that take advantage of market changes.

Mike Bassani

Consumables Lead - Amazon Pets

Mike’s been with Amazon for +4 years. He currently the leads the Pet Consumable business for Amazon.com; this includes the buying teams responsible for Health Care and Food as well as various special projects. Prior to leading Consumables, he’s led the Pet Supplies team, and the Operations of the Pet Consumables business at Amazon. Mike has a 7-year old, Staffy-mix he adopted from a shelter in Bellingham, (named Chauncey) and holds an MBA from Penn State University.

Zak Watts

Director - Amazon Pets

Zak has been with Amazon.com for +6 years and currently leads the Pets category for the US. He joined Amazon in the UK, originally leading Entertainment Media categories and subsequently worked on international expansion initiatives with Amazon in India and China. Before Amazon, Zak ran the grocery buying teams at UK online supermarket Ocado.com. Zak has two noisy but affable cats named Maurice and D’Artagnan, and also holds a PhD in Roman History from the University of Cambridge.

Aaron Massecar

Executive Director, Veterinary Innovation Council Senior Vice President of Learning, North American Veterinary Community Program Manager, Veterinary Innovation and Entrepreneurship and Adjunct Associa

Dr. Aaron Massecar is the Executive Director for the Veterinary Innovation Council, the Senior Vice President of Learning at NAVC, a co-founder of Drip.Vet, and a faculty member of the College of Veterinary Medicine at Texas A&M. He is a published author (Ethical Habits), speaker, coach, and consultant.